Popular baby names in Nevada, 1971

The most popular baby names in Nevada in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (185 babies) and Michael for boys (203). Social Security records list 6,711 babies born in Nevada in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Nevada in 1971

Names given at least 15 times in Nevada that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Amber: 20 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Shawna: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Alicia: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Danielle: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Deanna: 20 babies, 3× the national rate
Tiffany: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Traci: 15 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Shannon: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Monica: 25 babies, 2.2× the national rate
April: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tracy: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Justin: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shane: 26 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marc: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Travis: 24 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ryan: 29 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brett: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marcus: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Nevada, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	185	–	1
2	Michelle	92	–	2
3	Lisa	81	–	3
4	Kimberly	64	–	4
5	Shannon	54	–	21
6	Angela	51	–	6
7	Amy	44	↑12	5
8	Julie	44	↑21	10
9	Dawn	43	↑1	14
10	Tina	41	↑2	20
11	Melissa	40	↓4	7
12	Stephanie	40	↓1	11
13	Heather	39	↑3	12
14	Tammy	39	↑13	8
15	Christine	37	↓7	18
16	Mary	36	↑4	9
17	Nicole	34	↑1	27
18	Rebecca	34	↑6	23
19	Wendy	32	↑3	29
20	Elizabeth	30	↓11	19
21	Deborah	29	new	33
22	Laura	28	↑1	16
23	Tiffany	28	↑21	62
24	Lori	27	↓7	25
25	Tracy	27	↓11	13
26	Cynthia	26	↓11	24
27	Stacey	26	↑7	41
28	Kelly	25	↓2	22
29	Monica	25	new	48
30	Patricia	24	↓17	26
31	Andrea	23	↑7	35
32	April	23	↓1	56
33	Alicia	22	new	>100
34	Denise	22	new	36
35	Linda	22	new	42
36	Susan	22	↓1	17
37	Danielle	21	new	99
38	Sandra	21	↓8	31
39	Tonya	21	new	45
40	Amber	20	new	>100
41	Brenda	20	↑7	43
42	Carrie	20	new	55
43	Deanna	20	new	95
44	Jessica	20	new	64
45	Karen	20	↓17	15
46	Rachel	20	new	54
47	Christina	19	↓26	30
48	Sharon	18	new	40
49	Stacy	18	↓3	32
50	Tanya	18	↓3	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	203	–	1
2	David	147	↑2	3
3	Robert	142	–	5
4	James	140	↓2	2
5	John	133	–	4
6	Christopher	113	↑8	6
7	Jason	96	↑2	8
8	Brian	92	–	9
9	Richard	81	↓2	11
10	William	72	↓4	7
11	Steven	71	↑2	16
12	Anthony	63	↑12	23
13	Matthew	62	↑8	19
14	Scott	56	↑2	10
15	Eric	55	↑2	18
16	Kevin	54	↓5	14
17	Daniel	52	↓2	20
18	Thomas	48	–	17
19	Joseph	46	↓9	15
20	Kenneth	46	↑7	25
21	Mark	46	↓9	13
22	Paul	43	↑1	24
23	Jeffrey	41	↓3	12
24	Chad	39	↑21	29
25	Shawn	39	↑10	28
26	Gregory	38	↑2	26
27	Timothy	37	↓5	21
28	Aaron	35	↑1	41
29	Charles	35	↓10	22
30	Sean	35	–	36
31	Edward	30	↑12	32
32	Troy	30	–	46
33	Donald	29	↓8	34
34	Patrick	29	↓1	35
35	Ryan	29	new	51
36	Douglas	27	new	39
37	Ronald	27	↓6	31
38	Stephen	27	↓12	27
39	Jeremy	26	new	45
40	Shane	26	↑7	60
41	Craig	25	new	43
42	Travis	24	↑6	61
43	Keith	23	new	37
44	Bryan	22	↓6	48
45	Gary	22	↓11	38
46	Justin	21	new	>100
47	Marc	21	new	70
48	Marcus	19	new	65
49	Jerry	18	↓9	50
50	Todd	18	↓8	30

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